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Old Castle Chapel (Castle) The chapel was built in 1573 in the post-Gothic style. It was consecrated in 1575 and elevated to a parish church in 1683. Today, the castle is privately owned. It was connected to the hunting lodge by a bridge. Source: Information board at the site

Old Castle Chapel (Castle) The chapel was built in 1573 in the post-Gothic style. It was consecrated in 1575 and elevated to a parish church in 1683. Today, the castle is privately owned. It was connected to the hunting lodge by a bridge. Source: Information board at the site

Rothenbuch is one of the oldest and most important towns in the Inner Spessart region. The first documented mention of "zuo den Rodenboychen" dates back to 1318, when the Archbishop of Mainz, Peter von Aspelt, and the Bishop of Würzburg, Gottfried III von Hohenlohe, concluded a security cooperation agreement here. In 1342, construction began on a castle in Rothenbuch, at the source of the Hafenlohr River. The first inhabitants were likely settled there as hunting lodgers. During the Peasants' War of 1525, the castle was severely damaged or destroyed. In 1566, the castle was rebuilt and expanded on the orders of Daniel Brendel von Homburg, Elector of Mainz. The first depiction of Rothenbuch can be found on one of the oldest existing Spessart maps, the so-called Pfinzig map from 1594. Source: Wikipedia

Rothenbuch Castle was first mentioned in a document dated July 3, 1318. The current building is a former hunting lodge, built in 1567 according to plans by Daniel Brendel von Homburg. The four-winged complex features a rectangular courtyard with a polygonal stair tower in the north section. That it was originally a moated castle is evident from the two access bridges. The Hafenlohr River rises in the castle moat, filling the moat and the nearby, fish-rich, smaller lakes. The castle served as the central administrative headquarters in the Spessart region and was the court for 14 surrounding villages for over two centuries. From 1994 to the present, it was used as a hotel. Since 2017, it has been marketed as a seminar center for corporate events. Source and further information: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothenbuch#Schloss_Rothenbuch

Archbishop Daniel Brendel of Homburg (1555-1582) built a castle chapel directly next to the castle above the street, which was consecrated in 1575. With the founding of the parish of Rothenbuch in 1683, it later served as the first parish church in our town. Until then, the villagers had to make the long journey to Wiesthal to the mother parish (since 1477), as there was no church available to them locally.

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The chapel was built in 1573 in the post-Gothic style. It was consecrated in 1575 and elevated to a parish church in 1683.